Sash-holder.



' same'time, permitting the raising of the up-.

"rims-an a .EMIL OLSON, OF ROCHESTER, NEW YORK.

SASH-HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May a, was.

Application filed November 30, 1914. Serial No. 874,6?5.

To all whom'it may concern v Be it known-that I, EMIL -OLsoN-,-=ofRochester, in the county of- Monroe and'State of New York, have inventeda new and useful Improvement in Sash-Holders, which improvementis-fully-set forth in the fol lowing specification and shown in theaccompanying- -draw i-ngs.

The present-invention relates to sash holders and more particularly to,that type which is arranged uponthe meetlng rail 'of a lower sash tocooperate with the-vertical side of an upperv sash for the purpose ofpreventing the lowering of-the.upper'-sash or the raising of-the lowersash while, at the per sashand the lowering of the lower sash. An objectof this invention'is to provide a construction which will. eifectivelyhold the sashes while, at the same time, it may be readily manipulatedfor the purpose of permitting the free movement ofthe sashes.-

To these and other ends the-invention conscribed, the novel featuresbeing pointed out in theappendedclaims.

I In the drawings: Figure 1 shows the-sash holder in position uponthe-meeting rail of the lower sash and cooperating with a vertical sideof the upper sash, portions only of the two sashes being shown; Fig. 2is a view similar to Fig. 1 showing the locking member raised to freethe sashes; Fig-dis a vertical section through-the sash holder;

Fig. 4 is a top view of the sash ho1der;-Fig.

. 5 is ,a front view of the sash holder; Fig. 6

is a perspective view of the holdingmember; and Fig. 7 is a horizontalsectional View through the holding member.-

According to the illustrated embodiment of the invention, there isprovided a sup-- porting member preferably, in the form of an attachingplate 1 havin screw openings 2 by which the supported p ate is securedin position. Projecting upwardly from the supporting plate are twouprights 3 each of which is preferably formed with a face-- 4 inclinedto the vertical so that it lies at an acute angle to the adjacent faceof the .upper sash. a

Arranged to cooperate with these inclined bearing faces 4, is a holding.member which preferably has a fiat or plane bearing portion a 5.rovided, if desired, with a coverin of fet 6 or'other suitable materialto ear against theupright rail of the upper sash, this felt beingadhesively or otherwise secured to the bearing portion, which may, ifdesired, be provided with openings 7 into which the felt is forced bypressure'to prevent slipping. Projecting from one side of the bearingportion are two parallel members 8, the free edges 9 of which arerounded-and coiiperate with the inclined faces 4 on the uprights 3. Inaddition, these parallel portions 8 are smaller at their lower .than attheir upper ends." It is apparent that by this arrangement theholding-memher is permitted to rock on the inclined faces 4 of thesupporting member to accommodate itself to the surface of the uppersash, and furthermore, the holding member Wedges itself in between thesupporting member and the upper" sash whenever an attempt is made to.raise the lower sash or to lower the upper sash.

In order to support the holding member in cooperative relation with theinclined faces 4, a member is provided which preferably is in the formof a lever 10. This lever extends at one end between the parallelportions 8 and is pivoted at 11 to such portions. It is also pivotedbetween its ends to the supporting -member or preferably on asliiftablefulcrum formed, in this instance,

- by pivots 12 extending from the opposite sides of the lever 10 andworking in slots 13 in the uprights 3, these slots preferably beinginclined slightly to the horizontal So that a slight resistance isprovided to the movement of the pivots-in the slots as the holdingmember moves 'upwardly. The other end of the lever .10 is formed into. afinger piece 14 by which the sash lock is manipulated.

To the end of giving the holding member a tendency to move downwardly onthe inclined faces 4 and, at the same time, to shift .the pivots 12'toward the lowermost ends of the slots 13-, there is provided a springwhich preferably is in the form of a U- shaped loop 15, the connectingportion of which bears against the under side of the lever 10 on thefront side of the pivots 12 and the arms of said loop being connected tocoils 16 which surround a pin 17 that connects the arms 3 below thelever 10, arms 18 being extended from the coils'to bear on the upperfaceof the attaching plate 1.

The operationlof the invention will be understood from'the foregoing butit may be recapitulated as follows: The attaching plate 1 is secured tothe meeting rail 19 of the lower sash near one side of such sash so thatthe holding member will lie in 00- operative relation with the verticalpiece 20 of an upper sash. Normally, the locking piece wedges itself inbetween the inclined faces 4 and the sash piece 20 so that, if anattempt is made to raise the lower sash or to lower the upper sash, thiswedging action increases and binds the sashes against movement. Torelease the sashes, the finger piece 14L is depressed thus causing theelevation of the holding piece or member and at the same time causingthe operating lever to shift on its fulcrum in order to carry thelocking piece away from the upper sash. The finger of the operator maybe held on the finger piece 14 while the meeting rail of the lower sashis grasped for the purpose of raising the upper sash and when released,

automatically .assumes a locking position.

From the foregoing, it will be seen that therehas been provided asashholder which will permit either the upper or the lower sash to beheld in either a closed or an open position against further openingwithout the manipulation of the holding device. This holding deviceautomatically assumes looking position and can be readily moved tounlocking position. It has few parts which are not liable to break orget out of order and the cost of manufacture. thereof is small.

W hat 1 claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patentis 1. A sash holder comprising a support havingmeans for securing thesame to a lower window sash and also having a face inclined to thevertical, and a movably mounted holding member having a fiat face forcooperation with an upper sash and having a curved face to engage androck on said inclined face to adapt the fiat face to the sash which itengages. v

2. A sash holder comprising an attaching plate, a pair of uprightsprojecting from,-

said plate and each having an inclined surface, a holding member havinga plane surface and two parallel portions formed with" curved surfacesbearing against the inclined surface, and a lever pivoted to theuprights and to and between the parallel portions.

3. A sash holder comprising 'an attaching msaaaa plate, a pair ofuprights projecting from said plate and each having an inclined surface,a holding member having a plane surface to cooperate with the windowsash and two parallel portions bearing against the inclined surfaces,and a lever pivoted between its ends to and between the uprights, oneend of the lever being also pivoted to and between the parallel portionson the holding member and the other end of the lever extending to theopposite side of the uprights in line with the holding member to providean operating portion by which the lever may be moved, the pivotalconnection with the uprights being shiftable.

4. A sash holder comprising a supporting member having an inclinedsurface, an operating lever having a shiftable fulcrum on saidsupporting member, a holding member having a plane surface to cooperatewith the window sash, bearing against the inclined surface on thesupporting member, and pivotally connected to the operating lever, and aspring acting on said operating lever in a direction to shift thefulcrum point of the latter and to move the holding ifnember downwardlyon the inclined surace.

5. A sash holder comprising a support having means for securing the samein a suitable position and also having an inclined surface, a holdingmember having a plane surface to cooperate with an upper sash and acurved surface to cooperate with the in,

clined surface, and a member pivotally connected to the holding memberand to the support to sustain the holding member in engagement with theinclined surface.

6. A sash holder comprising an attaching plate, two uprights on saidplate each hav-- ing an inclined bearing surface, a holding memberarranged to cooperate with said surface and also having a plane surfacefor cooperation with a window sash, a lever pivotally connected to theholding member and having a shifting fulcrum on the two uprights, and aspring arranged below the lever and acting to move the holding membernormally to holding position and the lever on its fulcrum.

' EMIL OLSON. Witnesses:

HAROLD H. SIMMs,

ADA M. WHITMORE.

